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I got my note and it is really great but the camera is very bad I think it is a matter of configuration, because the Colours are very poor in the photos and the contrast very low

I've got Galaxy Note on 11 Nov 2011, I noticed that when switching on Camera, targeting any white wall, I notice Columns / Bars of shadows are moving like curtain or Smoke from left to right of the screen specially in a low light places, also a pink spot in the middle of the screen.
Is this normal? if not, What I have to do?
I have Galaxy Note GT-N7000 - 2.3.6 JPKK2
Kernel Ver: 2.6.35.7-N7000JPKK2-CL726640
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tito17182 said:
I got my note and it is really great but the camera is very bad I think it is a matter of configuration, because the Colours are very poor in the photos and the contrast very low
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Ahem, I would return that unit, take a look at this picture taken yesterday, all default values on camera, untouched, uploaded directly from phone.

Hello,
First of all, be sure that you are using the 8MP / 3264x2448 resolution.
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Second, clean the camera, Maybe there is a fingerprint or dust on it.
And lets see how it goes with you =)

off topic, but I only noticed today (after 2 weeks of ownership) that there is a transparent plastic film over the lens which I never spotted when I unboxed it. I've taken quite a few photos and I had not noticed any quality issues - in fact I was very pleased with the crisp clear images it was producing.
I'm actually considering leaving the film in place for now as it protects the lens (which is otherwise pretty exposed). I figure that until I start to notice image problems due to the film getting roughed up, it's doing no real harm I guess I should really try the cam with the film removed to see what photos are *meant* to look like before I decide on that course of action though!

The camera works best with abundant light. The outdoor picture posted earlier in this thread looks great for a cellphone camera. However my indoor pic with low light and no flash is grainy and lacks contrast.
Pic here: imgur . com/3w2wi

Hogun said:
The camera works best with abundant light. The outdoor picture posted earlier in this thread looks great for a cellphone camera. However my indoor pic with low light and no flash is grainy and lacks contrast.
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You can not expect good non-grainy pictures in low-light from any camera that it's smaller than a SLR. It's a fundamental law of nature (quantum variations and Poisson distribution of photons). You need a big sensor and big lens to capture more light, something you are not going to get on a phone.
But the camera is good for daylight and captures colors very well (oversaturated, but you can lower that and get a more natural look).
Just to add some numbers, check this image from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SensorSizes.svg
Most superzoom / cheap cameras have 6 mm wide sensors. The biggest you're going to find on a compact (retractile lens) camera is 8 mm. Big cameras use APS-C (23 mm wide).
A cellullar phone has 1 mm-wide sensor. Galaxy Note camera has 8 mpixels, but each pixel is hundreds of times smaller than the ones on a SLR. So much more noise. This can NOT be solved in any way.

vcespon said:
This can NOT be solved in any way.
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How did the nokia n8 solve it?

inurb said:
How did the nokia n8 solve it?
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By using a 1/1.83" sensor; almost the same size as the sensor found in well-regarded compact cameras like the Panasonic LX3/5, the Olympus XZ-1, the Canon G12, S90, S95, and S100.

Sony Xperia S Camera comparison vs Arc

I went to a Sony Mobile "Insider on Tour" event tonight and got the chance to have a look at the S, P, and U.. I also took 2 photo's one with my current arc, and one with the S.. I've stuck them together, side by side and here's the result.. The camera on the S is incredible.
[EDIT : FYI - I took both pictures with default settings.. and the S photo was taken from standby to test the quick shot feature.. it took the photo in under 2 seconds.. easily. The 2 photo's were cropped and I used the left hand side of each to make this image, no post processing on the image quality at all.. just cropped and added the labels.]
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Interesting. Look at the seat numbers, and the seats at the back... The Arc resolves them, the S does not.
The S may have better shadow noise, but it looks like the Arc has better detail. Of course, for the S, you did not have that bright spotlight in the frame to throw off metering either

Rashkae said:
Of course, for the S, you did not have that bright spotlight in the frame to throw off metering either
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I think he cropped that out of the S' photo.

Not a fair comparison IMO. Would be a much better one without those light sources.
Anyways, it does seem the picture taken by arc to have more resolved detail.

Haha, Arc seems better!

Could you post some more pics, please?
Snapdragon S3 keeps me away from the new devices, but the camera might change that.
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I did crop the two photos...just took the left side of each.
The handling of the light sources was what made it such a good comparison..
I only had it in my hand for 2 minutes so only managed to take that photo and Bluetooth it to my arc..
The s handled amazingly well.. And the camera really was very impressive..
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I have unfortunately read a review for the Xperia s that states the camera as having the same jpeg compression as the arc s, ray and neo. I truly hope this isn't the case as I was extremely let down but the quality from the arc s camera.
I believe this review might have been posted on Engadget today?
If anyone has some proper hands on experience with some outdoors shots compared to arc s, iPhone 4s and sgs2, please post your findings on which has the better detail and quality, megapixels withstanding.

Flo95 said:
Could you post some more pics, please?
Snapdragon S3 keeps me away from the new devices, but the camera might change that.
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What's wrong with that? It's a decent chipset.

harlz said:
I have unfortunately read a review for the Xperia s that states the camera as having the same jpeg compression as the arc s, ray and neo. I truly hope this isn't the case as I was extremely let down but the quality from the arc s camera.
I believe this review might have been posted on Engadget today?
If anyone has some proper hands on experience with some outdoors shots compared to arc s, iPhone 4s and sgs2, please post your findings on which has the better detail and quality, megapixels withstanding.
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There are some photos posted in xperia s forum. One user posted there a link for full size images captured by the device. Haven't checked in 100% magnification though.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530157
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doomed151 said:
What's wrong with that? It's a decent chipset.
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New flagship devices use the S4 (like HTC One X). It's as fast as the Tegra 3. Also the rumoured Hayabusa/Mint from Sony (autumn flagship) will have the S4.

sdk16420 said:
New flagship devices use the S4 (like HTC One X). It's as fast as the Tegra 3. Also the rumoured Hayabusa/Mint from Sony (autumn flagship) will have the S4.
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Maybe because of time constraints to test S4 platform for Q1 release? Xperia S is now on sale. HTC S4 devices will come this Q2.
Waiting for an S4 device with Sony branding!

doomed151 said:
What's wrong with that? It's a decent chipset.
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S4 chipset is as fast as Tegra 3, so the S3 chipset is slow in comparison.
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The quality doesn't look much different. Maybe a bit, but I think the arc is still pretty decent.

Are there any more comparisons?

N8 camera owns arc& xperia s cameras - sad, but true . N8>X10>XS>arc

[REQUEST] Real world photos

I'm toying with the idea of getting one of these cameras, maybe it's a bit too soon to ask but, can some of you with the camera, post some photos you've taken with it, real world photos from actual owners and not just press shots.
Not really fussed if you've used the built in apps for editing the images you post, as it will just add to the "things you can do with this device" I just want to get the opinions from actual users who have spent their hard earned cash on it and get their points of view about their experience with it, what the performance is like, how good/poor is the daily use image quality of the camera like, whether you think it was worth the £399 etc... etc....
TIA.
Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II

Real Photo Taken By Me
Here is a Macro:
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A Rich Tone:
And a Normal:

Slow Motion Video
Here is a Slow Motion Video:
http://youtu.be/tcQtKfO16bo

Some more pictures
I took these photos this morning...
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Interesting. Some purple camera flare in the shoot with the sun. Just like the Iphone 5

Here's a handful I took a few days ago.. (Dropbox Link)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sgjjatb3zv06ib8/_VGWEPCPiq

It all looks really good, has anyone ventured into the manual settings much?
Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II

apprentice said:
Here's a handful I took a few days ago.. (Dropbox Link)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sgjjatb3zv06ib8/_VGWEPCPiq
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Nice shots - just got my galaxy cam but don't have any paths nearly that beautiful to walk with it. Would love to see photo spheres come this device.

I'm no photo bug but those look like some nice shots to me.
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Here are 3 live videos of Gary Barlow on Monday evening. I was stood well back hence the enhanced shaking hand effect http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb4AsPYRrYlN6bcceKarcDlCtMSf_Ueui

The Moon
This a picture I shot of the moon using manual settings.

Video quality is really good, and surprisingly so is the sound.
Swyped, from my finger to your face, on my Samsung Galaxy Note II

I've bought the camera on the very first day of availability, 7th November, directly in London's Samsung flagship store at 5pm when the boxes were brought in I might be the first to have bought the camera officially...
However, on my Flickr account I've collected some pictures that I've made since then.
The lens is amazing, the CMOS chip not so, zooming into pictures details become just a mess of pixels. Or should I say mash?
But it's just a point-and-shooter and it does very good pictures at low light. Unless you don't zoom in too much, that is.

paulikxp said:
I've bought the camera on the very first day of availability, 7th November, directly in London's Samsung flagship store at 5pm when the boxes were brought in I might be the first to have bought the camera officially...
However, on my Flickr account I've collected some pictures that I've made since then.
The lens is amazing, the CMOS chip not so, zooming into pictures details become just a mess of pixels. Or should I say mash?
But it's just a point-and-shooter and it does very good pictures at low light. Unless you don't zoom in too much, that is.
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I know it's a bit apple and oranges but which one would you consider this one, or the Sony. I currently have 2 S3s in my household + my current phone is Note 2. Maybe that's a bit too much of the Galaxy goodness, what do you think?

victorator said:
I currently have 2 S3s in my household + my current phone is Note 2. Maybe that's a bit too much of the Galaxy goodness, what do you think?
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Haha, I sold my S3 and a Nexus 7 to help fund the purchase of a Note II and the Galaxy Camera, I considered keeping the S3 at one point, as I love Samsung's Galaxy range! So now the camera and Note II are my absolute favourite gadgets of all time ツ
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Cape Manza in Okinawa/Japan
Hello, I shoot two pictures at Cape Manza.
One is the bird with tele-mode(zoom-in), other one is the cap with wide-mode(zoom-out).
I shoot with out the tri-pod.
Thanks.
riki0081 from Japan.

I took these shots of the weekend at a bodybuilding show... The battery lasted for about 4 hours of very use... I was using the picpush app to stream photos to facebook as I was taking them... This is a very cool device! remove the space in the url lol
facebook dot com/media/set/?set=a.10151155433826297.435735.584311296&type=1&l=87f30869cc

After seeing lots of photos from you guys I don't think I will be getting this camera. I will go for the sony hx20 or lumix tz30 (leaning towards the lumix, although sony kills it with image stabilization and speed of operation).

victorator said:
After seeing lots of photos from you guys I don't think I will be getting this camera. I will go for the sony hx20 or lumix tz30 (leaning towards the lumix, although sony kills it with image stabilization and speed of operation).
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That's your decision... but both of them are not comparable to the Galaxy Camera in my opinion as they don't come with Android/touchscreen/3G.
I think only somebody who really wants those features will buy the Galaxy not because of its picture quality, which is good but far from perfect.

Jelly beans
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Tomorrow. ..next Galaxy..no Note 5...

I have the impression that tomorrow will not be the day of Note 5 release. My feelings are that we could see S6 edge+ and maybe a smart watch ( or three ) but not the Note 5. What do think?

I'm hoping to see it. I have my upgrade due and it's between note 5 and s6 edge+ I really hope tomorrow answers all of my questions and helps me choose lol
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You have a really bad impression, or you don't know how to use the Internet

YOYO41 said:
You have a really bad impression, or you don't know how to use the Internet
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Lol. That had me laughing thanks.
But to respond to the op, tomorrow should be the announcement of the note 5 and the next edge device(which should be the s6 edge plus) that doesn't necessarily mean release. Prob start taking pre orders though. Im picking up another note edge tomorrow to replace the hole in my heart so i am gunna take a good look at both of them and will prob be ditching my s6 for one or the other. Guessing the note 5 since i should have a note edge already. Unless the s6 plus blows me away which i dont see happening.
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Will see. All the offocial invitation are for one device not two. Leaked prices and Pre-orders are for edge + only. So we will see.
BTW I am expecting lessons from you to help me learn how to use Internet. Your comments are the proof of your good education.

It seems like the rumors about a regional launch for Note 5 are true. In Romania the pen is missing from the advertising, the rest is the same

I hope the n5 will have an ir blaster, rumours say it hasn't

There is Note 5:

calinormy said:
I have the impression that tomorrow will not be the day of Note 5 release. My feelings are that we could see S6 edge+ and maybe a smart watch ( or three ) but not the Note 5. What do think?
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The Samsung teaser said it is a Galaxy Event, not Note Event though Note5 will also announce together you clearly see Note5 with SPen in the picture. The big question is an unknown third device there with 6.5~7" size, I'll call it as S6 Ultra(much like the Sony Z1 Ultra 6.44").

I owned Z Ultra from Sony. It was the best device ( first in the world with sd800) except Note series at the moment. The only negative was his camera and the lack of led light. Otherwise awesome. Maybe it's Samsung time now...

calinormy said:
I owned Z Ultra from Sony. It was the best device ( first in the world with sd800) except Note series at the moment. The only negative was his camera and the lack of led light. Otherwise awesome. Maybe it's Samsung time now...
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Wait a bit more ... I beat we'll see S6 Edge Active Ultra Extreme Ultimate Edition later.

TheEndHK said:
Wait a bit more ... I beat we'll see S6 Edge Active Ultra Extreme Ultimate Edition later.
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You forgot the Super Duper part?
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Only Note5 and S6 Edge Plus...
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-Note5-vs-Galaxy-S6-first-look_id72405
We are yet to draw more detailed conclusions about the Galaxy Note5’s camera performance, but the initial impressions are for a snappy camera that captures great images. We also noticed that the double-click quick activation shortcut is present here as well, and Samsung has added the option to control shutter speed in the Pro camera mode.
But still a good news there, I think we'll have manual shutter speed in Pro mode soon.

No Galaxy Note 5 for Europe.

borimol said:
No Galaxy Note 5 for Europe.
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What?
Nevermind. Oh well maybe we will get the improved version. One with better battery and extra storage. They have done stuff like that. Remember the s5 lta

Camera comparison: Samsung Galaxy S7 VS LG G5 VS Apple iPhone 6s VS Samsung Galaxy S6

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/angeljimenez/24809783299/in/dateposted/
http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/samsung-galaxy-s7-analisis-camara-fotos_14158

Impressive results by the S7! Will have to wait for the final reviews and pro comparisons for final judgement though.

Night and day difference between the s7 and the rest, almost laughable.

s6 seems better! Oo
What is blurry fog on the s7??? Oo

Canard caché said:
s6 seems better! Oo
What is blurry fog on the s7??? Oo
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Pretty sure that's just your cataract acting up, as there is no blurry fog in any of the S7 pictures.

I want full scale photo then we can judge but it seems to be good upgrade over s6

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Pretty sure that's just your cataract acting up, as there is no blurry fog in any of the S7 pictures.
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huuu no sorry it's what i see in samples => when you see the teddy bear photo or the face (of the girl) photo... there is a blurry filter.
And also, i see a jepg oily threatment. Especially in low light (hello lg g3 effect).

I own a G4 and no one can deny it's one of the best camera phones on the market. Even though i've made some great photos with it, must say that i'm very impressed with the S7 so far. I would say that S7 is probbably the best camera phone at the moment. Only thing that bothers me a bit is the 4:3 ratio... Anyway, we should all wait for some realworld tests between S7, G5, Mi5, Xperia X and others with finalized software...

Deeeestroys the iPhone cam. Stoked to get mine

Impressive

it's ok but idk if that big upgrade over S6, probably is. this photos does not do much justice, you can get amazing photos from the Note 5 in low light SPECIALLY with tripod, what s7 can do with tripod? can't wait to find out.

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Only thing that bothers me a bit is the 4:3 ratio...
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I'm pretty sure this is the compromise of the drop to 12mp. Instead of keeping 16mp @ 16:9, they cropped to 4:3 and kept the vertical resolution. I'm just relieved it's not 12mp AND 16:9, I don't think the image would be as good.
According to the camera options on the Samsung S6 Edge Plus, these are the two highest resolutions:
16m (16:9) 5312x2988
12m (4:3) 3984x2988
I have a feeling Samsung just dropped the top option for the S7.

With as good as the G4 camera I have been in love with since I got the phone I am really really excited to get the s7 which gets me back the small size I left in favor of the g4's camera (only changed from my Nexus 5 to the g4 because of the camera).

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I'm pretty sure this is the compromise of the drop to 12mp. Instead of keeping 16mp @ 16:9, they cropped to 4:3 and kept the vertical resolution. I'm just relieved it's not 12mp AND 16:9, I don't think the image would be as good.
According to the camera options on the Samsung S6 Edge Plus, these are the two highest resolutions:
16m (16:9) 5312x2988
12m (4:3) 3984x2988
I have a feeling Samsung just dropped the top option for the S7.
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So what resolution are the 16:9 photos on the S7?

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So what resolution are the 16:9 photos on the S7?
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9.1 MP

Now that's very disappointing. I prefer to shoot in 16:9 since I only ever view my photos on 16:9 screens (TV, tablet, phone, computer). I'd like to see a comparison of a 16:9 s6 shot vs 16:9 s7 shot.

ozaghloul said:
Now that's very disappointing. I prefer to shoot in 16:9 since I only ever view my photos on 16:9 screens (TV, tablet, phone, computer). I'd like to see a comparison of a 16:9 s6 shot vs 16:9 s7 shot.
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That would be a fair and good idea!

We already have a camera thread. Do we need to open a new one.
Galaxy S7 Camera thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3316316
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Toss3 said:
Pretty sure that's just your cataract acting up, as there is no blurry fog in any of the S7 pictures.
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I think he is just trolling. Looking at his post history, he is posting a lot of S7 camera bashing posts. I think he has the S6 and is butthurt that the camera is better on the S7 so is trying to disprove that, failing in the process. I wouldn't take him on.

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